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App that lets you find friends while you are traveling
Your friends are always with you! About Tripstir Tripstir is an app that allows users to track other travelers and get notified when there are travel overlaps with others in your list. It is developed in New York by an entrepreneur Mazen Jundi. Moreover, you can search travelers, cities or

ClearTrip Secures Funding For Launching “Local”
Good to know existing investors still backing Cleartrip! Fresh Round of Funding by ClearTrip Travel business is huge in India. Renowned online travel portal, ClearTrip recently raises an undisclosed amount of funds from Concur Technologies and Gund Investment along with its existing investors. So far, the website has managed to

An Online Obituary Platform to Celebrate the Memories of Your Loved Ones
Shradhanjali Brings Obituaries to Internet in 10 Indian Languages Preserving the Memories of Those Who Have Passed On Founders Vivek Vyas and Vimal Popat started Shradhanjali.com as a means of keeping all the memories of our loved ones safe after their demise. Shradhanjali is a place where one could upload

Techspace Raises $7.23 Million in Series A
A Successful Start is Half the Battle Won! About Techspace & its funding round U.K.-based Techspace is a flexible co-working space, specifically designed to help fast-growing technology and scale-up tech companies. Recently, Techspace raises $7.3 Million through a consortium led by well-known property investor and entrepreneur Leo Neo in Series

Social Media Helps in Funding Startups. Know about it now..
Qonfuse.com, an Ed Tech Startup Secures Funding About the funding Delhi-based ed-tech startup, Qonfuse.com helps students to prepare for exams using advanced technology. Recently, the startup raises an undisclosed amount of seed funding from medical technology startup, CureInstant founder; Hamraj Kumar. How did Qonfuse found its investor? Started by Abhishekh

Foxconn Slows Down its Investment in Startups. Find out why..
Does Indian Startup Ecosystem get affected by Foxconn’s slow down in Investment? About Foxconn’s Plans for India Till now, Foxconn has invested in just 4 startups in India. It had plans of investing $1 billion in the Indian startup ecosystem as well as developing 10-12 factories and data centers in

London Startup Thriva Offers Home-Based Blood Test Kit
Track Your Health from the Comfort of Your Home Another startup from London is knocking at the doors of growth. Seedcamp-backed Thriva offers a simple finger-prick blood test kit that can be used from the comfort of your home. It can point out cholesterol levels, and liver and kidney health.

Twitter Acquires London’s AI Startup Magic Pony for $150m
Silicon Valley Comes For Another AI Startup Magic Pony’s Video Enhancing Technology When two co-founders Rob Bishop and Zehan Wang from London’s Imperial College started toying with the idea of Magic Pony, little did they know that Twitter will set its eyes on it one day. Twitter has just paid

Kellogg’s Raises Funds to Invest in Food-Related Startups
It’s time to back the Next Gen Innovation in the Global Food Industry! Kellogg’s Story of Funding: Changing the Global Food Trends and Ideas Raising funds for investing sounds something new. Generally, biggies raise funds to boost their technology or for mergers. However, Kellogg’s raises funds of $100 million for

Ola Pilots Pay-Per-Hour Cabs
Wait and Watch Ola! Battle between Ola and Uber Renowned cab aggregator Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) is piloting an hourly cab rental service called ‘Rentals’. You can hire Ola on pay-per-hour basis in selected cities. A constant battle between Uber and Ola, urges both the taxi-hailing companies to bring